| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 11 04:56PM -0700 On Monday, October 11, 2021 at 12:35:55 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 7, Round 7 - Canadiana Literature - Anne of Green Gables > A Canadian icon if there ever was one. > 1. Name the Canadian author of "Anne of Green Gables". Montgomery > 2. She's "Anne" of Green Gables, but what is her last name? Shirley > 3. In the Canadian TV-movie and miniseries first seen in 1985, > who played Anne? Megan Follows > 4. Name the long-running (1990-1996), very popular spin-off TV > series created by Kevin Sullivan. It featured many characters > from the books, but not Anne. "Avonlea" > 1. This writer and historian wrote about the horrors of the > Soviet gulag. He was expelled and lived in exile from 1974 > to 1994. Solzhenitsyn > 2. This Romantic composer and pianist was in Vienna in 1831 when > the Polish uprising against Russia was crushed. Unable to > return, he remained in exile until his death in 1849. Chopin > 3. He was an author, playwright, poet, and human-rights campaigner, > one of France's great literary figures. He was exiled in 1851 > for 19 years for declaring Napoleon III a traitor to France. Hugo > the US in 1952 due to suspicion of Communist leanings. He lived > in exile until 1972, when he returned to the US to receive a > special Academy Award. Chaplin > later, this poet wrote collections of poetry such as "Tristia" > and "Epistulae ex Ponto". However, he is best known for > "Metamorphoses". Ovid > control of Florence and sentenced him in absentia to death > for various unpaid fines. This sentence was rescinded by city > council 700 years later. Who was the guilty poet? Dante > and the screenplay for the Hollywood movie "Hangmen Also Die!" > He returned to Germany the day after appearing before the House > Un-American Activities Committee. Brecht > not required to. From 1950 to 1958, his passport was revoked > because of his Soviet sympathies and for speaking out against > mistreatment of black Americans. Robeson -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 12 02:40AM > 1. This writer and historian wrote about the horrors of the > Soviet gulag. He was expelled and lived in exile from 1974 > to 1994. Solzhenitsyn > 2. This Romantic composer and pianist was in Vienna in 1831 when > the Polish uprising against Russia was crushed. Unable to > return, he remained in exile until his death in 1849. Chopin > 3. He was an author, playwright, poet, and human-rights campaigner, > one of France's great literary figures. He was exiled in 1851 > for 19 years for declaring Napoleon III a traitor to France. Balzac > the US in 1952 due to suspicion of Communist leanings. He lived > in exile until 1972, when he returned to the US to receive a > special Academy Award. Chaplin > later, this poet wrote collections of poetry such as "Tristia" > and "Epistulae ex Ponto". However, he is best known for > "Metamorphoses". Ovid > control of Florence and sentenced him in absentia to death > for various unpaid fines. This sentence was rescinded by city > council 700 years later. Who was the guilty poet? Dante > and the screenplay for the Hollywood movie "Hangmen Also Die!" > He returned to Germany the day after appearing before the House > Un-American Activities Committee. Isherwood > not required to. From 1950 to 1958, his passport was revoked > because of his Soviet sympathies and for speaking out against > mistreatment of black Americans. Robeson > around the world until his death in 1930; during this time, > he wrote "The Plumed Serpent" and "Mornings in Mexico", among > many others. Lawrence > Saxophone" as well as "The Engineer of Human Souls", which won > the Governor-General's Award. He received the Order of Canada > in 1992. Kundera -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 11 12:34AM -0500 Mark Brader: > Undeterred, the diplomat published it in the "New York Times". > Miffed, the administration exposed his wife as a CIA operative. > Name either the diplomat or his wife. Joseph Wilson, Valerie Plame. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 2. Which US private was arrested in May 2010 for passing classified > documents to Wikileaks? 2011 answer: Bradley Manning. 2021 answer: Chelsea Manning. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, and Pete. > Times" in 1969, demonstrating that the Johnson administration > had systematically lied to the public and to Congress about > the Vietnam War. What are these documents called? The Pentagon Papers. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Erland, and Pete. > anonymous note to Army Criminal Investigations, exposing > violations of the Geneva Convention, including torture and > abuse -- at *which Iraqi prison*? Abu Ghraib. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 5. Mark Felt came out of the whistleblower's closet in 2005, > 30 years after leaking secrets about Nixon's involvement in > the Watergate scandal. In that context, how was he better known? "Deep Throat". 4 for everyone. > of his country's clandestine nuclear weapons program in 1986. > He was arrested and spent 18 years in prison, 11 of them in > solitary. Which country did he tattle on? Israel. 4 for everyone. > During an inquiry in 2007 into Canadian military actions, > he was the only witness to come forward despite threatening > letters from the Dept of Justice. What """is""" his name? Richard Colvin. (Still alive.) > harassment, and retaliation against staff, she resigned """last > fall""" with a $400,000 severance package. What """is""" > her name? Christiane Ouimet. (Still alive as far as I can tell.) > in the New York Times that led to a commission to investigate > the allegations. He survived a gunshot wound to the face, and > eventually retired to northern New York State. Who """is""" he? Frank Serpico. (Still alive.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > making plutonium pellets for nuclear fuel rods. Before going > public about dangerous mishandling of contaminants, she was > killed in a collision. Name her. Karen Silkwood. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > * Game 7, Round 6 - Science - Viniculture > For each question, select from the following list the wine grape > that best fits the clue. Answers will not repeat. This was the hardest round in the original game. > | Gamay | Riesling > 1. The basic grape for Cognac and Armagnac. Also known as > Trebbiano, and used under that name in many Italian white wines. Ugni Blanc. 2 for Dan Blum. > 2. The white grape predominant in Bordeaux. Grown also in the > Loire Valley, where, for example, it is used in Pouilly-Fumé. Sauvignon Blanc. 2 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 3. White wine, Rhone Valley grape, used to make Condrieu. Viognier. > 4. Known as a temperamental grape, sensitive to many diseases. > The dominant red-wine grape of Burgundy. Germany is its second > home, where it is known as Spätburgunder. Pinot Noir. > 5. In France found almost exclusively in Alsace. Dominant in > Rhine and Mosel wines; used to make ice wine as well. Known also > as Johannisberg, after Schloss Johannisberg in Germany. Riesling. 4 for Dan Tilque and Pete. > 6. Great white wine grape of Burgundy; used to make Pouilly-Fuissé; > also used for Champagne. Chardonnay. 4 for Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum and Pete. > 7. In France, cultivated mainly in the northern Rhone area. > Among competing theories of its origin: a crusader brought it > back from Iran (Persia). Syrah. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 8. Dominant grape used in Médoc; around the world, the most > widespread red wine grape after Merlot. Cabernet Sauvignon. 4 for Dan Tilque and Pete. 2 for Dan Blum. > 9. This white wine grape goes by the name Fendant in Switzerland, > where it covers 30% of the country's vineyards. Chasselas. > Tavel Rosé. It ripens late, so it needs hot, dry conditions such > as those found in Spain, the south of France, and California's > San Joaquin Valley. Grenache. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Ent Geo His Sci Pete Gayde 11 34 28 16 89 Joshua Kreitzer 32 22 28 6 88 Dan Blum 12 21 32 12 77 Dan Tilque 12 16 20 12 60 Erland Sommarskog 0 36 16 0 52 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "One thing that surprises you about this business msb@vex.net | is the surprises." -- Tim Baker My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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